Si Nan National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติศรีน่าน) is a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

in Thailand's Nan Province. This mountainous park is home to steep cliffs and a long section of the

Nan River The Nan River ( th, แม่น้ำน่าน, , ) is a river in Thailand. It is one of the most important tributaries of the Chao Phraya River. Geography The Nan River originates in the Luang Prabang Range, Nan Province. The provinces ...

. It was established on May 25, 2007.http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/025/7.PDF

Geography

Si Nan National Park is about south of the town of Nan in the Wiang Sa, Na Noi, and Na Muen districts of Nan Province. The park's area is 640,237 rai ~ . The park's highest point is the Khao Khun Huai Huek peak at . The Nan River flows for about through the park.

Attractions

Pha Chu, Pha Hua Sing, and Doi Samer Dao offer scenic views of the park's mountainous terrain. Kaeng Luang is a popular rafting spot along the Nan River.

Flora and fauna

The park features forest types including deciduous and mixed. Tree species include ''

Irvingia malayana ''Irvingia malayana'', also known as wild almond ( vi, Kơ nia, th, กระบก, km, ចំបក់) or barking deer’s mango, is a tropical evergreen tree species in the family Irvingiaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meani ...

'', krabak, Malabar ironwood,

makha Mukkha is the an archery sport. The game is played with a long arrow (''ghashay'') and a long bow (''leenda''). The arrow has a saucer shaped metallic plate (''tubray'') at its distal end. The archers play in teams and attempt to hit a small white ...

, '' Xylia xylocarpa'', '' Dalbergia oliveri'' and ''

Vitex pinnata ''Vitex pinnata'' is a tree of the family Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used c ...

''. Park animals, some of which are endangered species, include

tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus '' Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on u ...

leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...

, fishing cat,

wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is ...

mouse deer Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are small even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, the only extant members of the infraorder Tragulina. The 10 extant species are placed in three genera, but several species also are known only f ...

, masked palm civet, Asiatic wild dog ( dhole) and

treeshrew The treeshrews (or tree shrews or banxrings) are small mammals native to the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. They make up the entire order Scandentia, which split into two families: the Tupaiidae (19 species, "ordinary" treeshrews) ...

References

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Geography

Attractions

Flora and fauna

See also

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